“Gone Girl," one of the most anticipated movies of 2014, was expected to be a major player on the festival circuit in advance of its Oct. 3 release date. The film, based on the Gillian Flynn novel of the same name, stars Academy Award-winner Ben Affleck as a man who becomes the prime suspect after the mysterious disappearance of his wife (Rosamund Pike). Many expected it to premiere at the Telluride, Venice, or Toronto film festivals in late August or early September -- but that now looks unlikely.

According to Variety, “Gone Girl” will open the New York Film Festival (NYFF) on September 28, and a cushy berth essentially rules out any other fest appearances earlier in the month. Sorry, Toronto!

It’s not the first time that director David Fincher has picked NYFF for his film debuts over other fests on the fall calendar. He and the fest have history! In 2010, many expected “The Social Network” to be also be a major presence on the festival circuit, but the Academy Award-winning film

We’ve all been suckered into seeing a bad movie by a good trailer at some point in our life. Whether a film is award-worthy or awful, savvy movie editors and marketers will do their best to sell audiences on a movie in the two-and-a-half minutes they are given. If that means crafting a slightly misleading trailer that makes a “Wild Hogs” look like "Casablanca" then so be it. Movies are big business and marketing is a huge part of it.

Of course, it's hard not to feel disappointed when the actual film doesn't live up to the hype its trailer generated. Here are five movies that had amazing trailers but ended up being not so great.

In the annals of James Bond’s storied big screen history, the Timothy Dalton years are often looked back on with scorn.

Of Dalton’s two outings as 007 (1987’s “The Living Daylights” and 1989’s “License to Kill”), only "The Living Daylights" received any notable critical praise -- but neither film was a major hit. With ticket prices adjusted for inflation, the two films are among the worst-performing Bond movies of all time. It’s no surprise, then, that the Welsh actor’s tenure as Bond was brief. In 1994, Pierce Brosnan officially replaced Dalton as 007, debuting the following year in “GoldenEye.”

But was Dalton really so bad as Bond?

As “License to Kill” turns 25 this week, we look at how bad timing and poor decision-making conspired against Dalton, resulting in the 007 actor getting the short end of the martini stir stick.

Third choice

Sam Neill and Pierce Brosnan were both contenders for Bond over Dalton. (Getty Images)

Dalton’s troubled time as James Bond began before he’d even been cast in the role. After the failure of 1985’s “View to a Kill,” then-Bond portrayer

“Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” was No. 1 at the box office, with an estimated $73 million haul -- making it the first sequel to a remake of 2014 to earn both serious critical praise and major financial success. The post-apocalyptic action film, starring Gary Oldman, Keri Russell, Jason Clarke, and Andy Serkis, certainly isn’t the first sequel to a remake to ever find audience, nor will it be the last, if the Hollywood trend of rebooting every franchise in sight continues.

Sequels to remakes aren’t a new phenomenon by any means. As long as Hollywood has been remaking movies, they’ve also been following up those remakes with sequels.

One of the first high profile remake sequels was 1989’s “The Fly II” (or, as it should have been titled, "How to Ruin a Perfectly Good Jeff Goldblum Movie by Adding Eric Stoltz"), an inferior and much-maligned follow-up to director David Cronenberg’s critically-acclaimed 1986 remake of the 1958 horror classic.

For most of Hollywood's history, movie aliens and other creatures who arrived on Earth in flying saucers were always something to be feared. Films like "The Thing From Another World," "Invasion of the Body Snatchers," and "Alien" centred on dangerous extraterrestrials with little love for humanity.

Steven Spielberg was one of the first filmmakers to try to change that perception -- first, with 1977's "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" and its benevolent, music-loving beings from outer space, and then again in 1982 with the sci-fi family adventure "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial," starring the most lovable squashy guy from another solar system ever to grace the silver screen.

But what if Spielberg had followed the Hollywood rule that all aliens are bad? What if "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" were actually a horror movie? Well, it might look something like the fake trailer above.

The original cast of "Alien" appear as video game characters in "Alien: Isolation." (Sega)

It’s been more than 35 years since Ridley Scott’s sci-fi horror classic “Alien” first hit theatres -- and in that time, the film's cast has aged accordingly. But you wouldn’t know that by looking at the new trailer for the upcoming video game “Alien: Isolation.”

The survival horror game will include a "Nostromo" add-on, due out this fall, and the original "Alien" cast have all returned for the ride. In the trailer for the game, stars Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, Harry Dean Stanton, Yaphet Kotto, and Veronica Cartwright look just as they appeared when the film first terrorized audiences in May 1979.

All five actors are lending their voices and likenesses to an “Alien: Isolation” bonus mission, which allows players to experience the events of the film from the perspective of Ellen Ripley and her crew mates. No word on whether actor Ian Holm (who played the villainous android Ash) will be providing his voice as well.

Instead of a beloved cartoon mouse, perhaps studio Walt Disney Pictures should consider changing their corporate mascot to a snake eating its own tail. Apparently uninterested in creating original film properties anymore, the house that Mickey built now seems more interested in looking back to its glory days for inspiration. According to the Hollywood Reporter a live-action movie based on 1941’s “Dumbo” is now in the works.

The “Dumbo” remake is latest in a long list of Disney projects (including the recently released “Maleficent," and the upcoming "Cinderella," "The Jungle Book," and "Beauty and the Beast" live-action adaptations) which are re-imaginings of the studio’s animated classics.

“Dumbo” (the story of a young circus elephant whose oversized ears give him the ability to fly) seems an odd candidate for a remake, especially given the fantasy bent of most of Disney's current reboot roster. The new version will reportedly flesh out the story by adding a family whose own plot runs

Unfortunately for many employees of DreamWorks, "How to Train Your Dragon 2" is being considered a financial disappointment.

Released on June 13 opposite “22 Jump Street,” “HTTYD2” had a respectable $50 million opening weekend. However, that total was far below the $65-70 million range many had predicted. Since then it’s been nothing but bad news for the film, which has seen its domestic box office totals basically halved each weekend ($25 million the second weekend, $13 million the third weekend, and $8 million last weekend). Though it’s made close to $300 million worldwide, the movie's domestic box office has yet to match its massive $145 million budget.

"How to Train Your Dragon 2" has still made an obscene amount of money. However, when compared to its massive budget, the return on investment just isn't there for DreamWorks. The financial failure of "HTTYD2" is believed to be part of the reason DreamWorks began laying off employees of its animation division this week. The company has reportedly let go between 40 to 50 employees so far.

There are very few things in life that can rival Saturday night on the couch with a good movie. But your enjoyable night in isn't exactly ideal for movie theatre owners.

Naturally, these business owners want you to spend your Saturday nights at their cinemas, and to show they mean it they’re willing to spend big bucks to rival that homey couch experience. According to the Wall Street Journal, North American theatre chain AMC is spending upwards of $600 million dollars over the next five years to revamp their auditoriums.

What does the revamp entail? AMC will remove 50 to 70 per cent of the current seats in their theatres and replace them with larger chairs (about 8 inches or 36 per cent wider) that can recline. The upgrade will cost the company between $350,000 and $500,000 per auditorium. Many of the theatres will also offer full food and drink options.

Basically, it means more room for patrons to stretch out and enjoy the film, and more tickets sold for the theatre. The WSJ reports

There is no mistaking a Michael Bay movie. Reviled by the film critic establishment and loved by audiences (the director’s latest film “Transformers: Age of Extinction” has raked in an astonishing $600 million worldwide since its June 27 release), Bay is one of the most divisive figures in Hollywood.

From the over-the-top destruction, the frantic cutting, the explosions, the dramatic 360-degree shots, more explosions, more destruction, more cutting -- more, more, MORE -- Bay’s movies are blockbuster exercises in cinematic excess. You could easily edit together a reel of his movies at random and still get pretty much the same experience.